Ensure Readiness, AP II Predicts January 2 Peak Backflow For The 2024 New Year Holiday

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PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) ensures the readiness of personnel and facilities in serving airplane passengers during the backflow of the 2023 Christmas and 2024 New Year holidays.

"The departure flow is running smoothly, and at this time our focus is on serving the community on the backflow. Through the operational and service plan, we ensure the readiness and adequacy of airport personnel and facilities both on the air and on the land side," said AP II Operations Director Agus Haryadi, in Jakarta, Sunday 31 December, confiscated by Antara.

Agus said, on the backflow from January 1-4, 2024, 20 AP II airports are projected to serve 935,000 aircraft passengers.

The peak of backflow is estimated on January 2, 2024, with 245,000 passengers.

Especially at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, which is the largest airport in Indonesia, the number of passengers on backflow from January 1 to 4, 2024 is estimated at around 615,000 people.

At the peak of backflow on January 2, 2024, passengers are estimated to reach 165,000 people.

According to him, close collaboration among stakeholders is also needed to ensure smooth backflow.

He explained that the Terminal Operation Center at AP II airports, as well as the Airport Operation Control Center (AOCC) at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, and the Christmas-New Year Monitoring Post at all airports are forums for collaboration and coordination of all parties to ensure the smooth operation of airports, aircraft movements at airports, and passenger flow.

In this backflow, AP II focuses on a number of important points in the aspect of operation and service aspects.

An important point in the aspect of operation is the allocation of aircraft parking, the handling of aircraft passenger baggage, the availability of public transportation modes and traffic at airports.

He said coordination with airlines and ground handling companies continues to be strengthened, so that the process of handling baggage from planes to baggage claim areas at passenger terminals, and vice versa, can run well and smoothly.

Smooth baggage handling requires collaboration from all parties. The aircraft parking allocation also supports the smooth handling of baggage," he also said.

AP II has also coordinated with public transportation providers, in order to rotate properly against its fleet so that it can provide transportation for airplane passengers.

At Soekarno-Hatta Airport, we have a Land Transport Control Center (LTCC) to monitor ground transportation movements such as taxis, buses and others for 24 hours. This is to ensure the availability of fleets for airplane passengers to take them to their homes," said Agus Haryadi.

AP II airports also coordinate with stakeholders and are supported by the authorities in ensuring smooth traffic inside the airport, especially at the entrance and exit of the airport.

Meanwhile, the important points in the service aspect are management related to flight delays, public facilities, and the departure and arrival process.

The potential for flight delays or delays must exist, due to various factors. Airlines and airport managers will carry out maintenance management in accordance with procedures and regulations," he said.

It is also ensured that all public facilities and public services at AP II airports are able to provide good service.

On the backflow, AP II airport ensures all services in the passenger departure process, including if there are problems related to the flight schedule and tickets owned by passengers.

AP II also appealed to airplane passengers to arrive early at the airport in order to process their departure well in the midst of a busy period of returning Christmas-new years.